Coffin.



G. F. BROWN.

COFFIN.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.27, 1912.

Patented May 11,1915.

[N VEN T 0R 25 panying drawing, and specified in the ap- FTQ GEORGE F. BROWN, 0F WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

COFFIN'.

Application filed January 27, 1912'. Serial No. 673,916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE F. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to burial caskets or coffins.

It is an aim of the invention to provide simple and eflicientmeans to retain the lining in position and in a taut manner over the upholstery or padding, which is accomplished by the provision of retaining members adapted to be secured at one edge of each member to the casing, while the unconfined edge provides a channel to receive and frictionally hold the lining strips.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompended claims. I

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the casket. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a trans verse section on an enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention, I make the casing 1 of the casket of sheet metal reinforced by T-irons 2 arranged longitudinally and centrally of each of the sides. These T-irons not only strengthen the sides of the casket but also serve for reinforcing the metal side plates at the points where the handles 3 are fastened. thereto. 1

The lining 4 of the casket is secured to Wooden strips 5 fitted in channels formed by inwar'dly curved metal flanges 6 near the top and bottom of each of the sides and ends of the casing andalso near the four edges of the bottom thereof. The flanges near the top extend inwardly and upwardly, while those 'at the bottom extend inwardly and downwardly so that the lining, when attached to said strips, serves to hold the same in their channels. The upholstery or padding 7 below the lining holds the latter taut. It will be noted that each of the flanges 6 is curved first inwardly and thence slightly outwardly, bringing its edge 8 nearer to the surface to which it is attached, than some Specification of Letters .iatent.

Patentedlitay 11, 1915.

other parts, such as 9, of said flange whereby the wooden strip when sprung into place behind said flange, will be retained in position during the operation of fastening the lining thereto.

Around the upper edge of the casing, there is secured an inwardly extending bead 10 having a continuous groove 11 in its upper surface extending entirely around the casing. The margins or edges 12 of said groove extend slightly inward toward one another above the broadened lower portion 13 thereof. Bolts 14 are rigidly attached to said bead at intervals around the casing and project vertically upward therefrom having their extremities screw-threaded, as at 15.

The cover 16 for the casket is also made of metal. Near its edge there are formed perforations 17, corresponding to the bolts 14. On the under surface of the lid and extending around'the same near the-marginthei'eof is a'continuous rib. 18 shaped to correspond to the groove-11. The widest portion a of said rib is slightly narrower than the dis tance between the rims or edges 12 of the groove, and the restricted neck 19 of said rib is preferably as much shorter than the widest portion thereof as the difference in the width of the widest portion of said groove and the distance between its edges.

A strip 20 of rubber or other water proof bead 10 and rib 18-and forms a water tight and air tight joint between said bead and the. groove 11 into which it extends when the cover is lowered into place.

The inwardly extending edge 12 at the margin of the groove compresses the packing strip 20 against the neck 19 of the rib. The cover is secured firmly down upon the casing by nuts 21 screwed upon the extremities 15 of the bolts 14. Small metal blocks 22 are placed at intervals around the lid or cover, inwardly of the rib 18, and extend below said rib for the purpose of guiding the cover as it is forced down upon the casing with said rib entering the groove 11.

It will be understood that the details herein shown and described may be varied without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention. I, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: I

1. A burial casket comprising a casing material or substance is placed between the having oppositely positioned. arcuate retaining members adapted to be secured at one edge to the casing, the main portion of each of said retaining members being curved in cross section and terminating in an unconfined edgenear the wall of the casing to form an arcuate channel parallel with said wall, retaining strips fitted within said channel and adapted" to be' frictionally engaged between said arcuate members and the wall,

and a lining adapted to-be secured to a p1u-' rality of said retaining strips. 2.'A burial casket including a casing hav channels formed. on its inner surface,

. In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. BROWN. Witnesses W. W. KENNEDY, E. N. CONNOR. 

